2nd Period Language Arts discussion

Waltman, Kevin. Learning the Game. New York: Scholastic, 2005. Print.

The main character in the story is Nate who is a basketball player. all he does is play the sport he loves striving to get better in order to get the starting position he wants so bad when the season starts. well in the summer he practices with his teamates at an empty basketball court where there is a nearby house. one of his teamates Branson who is a the "toughest" one out of all of them decides to break into that house and he convinces all his teamates including nate to help him mount all the stuff from the house into the van so they can sell the items later on and make a profit. only one player Jackson decides not to go through with the robbery. Nate's brother who is Marvin has a record with the police department so he becomes a suspect of the crime/ JAckson and Nate are good friends and nate ket him down so now Nate doesnt know whether to confess or not if he does basketball will be over for him and his life wold be ruined but if he doesnt then his brother could have to leave toown and nate would keep that in his concious for life.

This book sounds interesting but is it more of a book about basketball or a mystery? The review starts out focusing on basketball but seems to have a main focus on mystery and crime.

You wrote a good review, but if anything I would wait for a movie to come out for it.